• Poetry with Jeanne Heuving, Eleni Stecopoulos and Susan Gevirtz

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jeanne Heuving’s latest book is Mood Indigo, selva oscura press (2019) and she is the co-editor, along with Tyrone Williams, of Inciting Poetics: Thinking and Writing Poetry (Recencies Series,...

  • About Last Night: A One Night Stand Storytelling Series April

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    About Last Night - Join us for an evening of laughter, sex positivity and of course hilariously true one night stand stories. 7 brave souls...

    $15 – $20
  • BINDERY: Kate Radford / Drought

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special evening with Kate Radford, a sonic poetry performance and book release. Drought is fusing contemporary poetry, cinematic landscapes and electronic...

    Free – $15
  • Rebecca Dinerstein Knight / Hex

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Rebecca Dinerstein Knight (The Sunlit Night) for her new novel Hex. Please join us! Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the...

    Free
  • Odd Salon SF: System

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Early bird tickets go on sale on March 3 through Friday March 13 only. ~ Salon details and speakers to be announced ~ Tuesday, April 7...

    $12 – $25
  • Chris Carlsson Book Launch at The Green Arcade

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hidden San Francisco is a guidebook like no other. Chris Carlsson (of Shaping San Francisco and Foundsf fame) peels back the layers of San Francisco’s history to reveal a storied...

  • C Pam Zhang: How Much of These Hills is Gold

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    C Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel How Much of These Hills is Gold. Praise for How Much of These Hills is Gold "C Pam Zhang's...

    Free
  • Cody Simpson / Prince Neptune

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts Cody Simpson for his first book, Prince Neptune. Join us! Please note: This is a ticketed event, to be held at Booksmith (1644 Haight St.). The price...

    $18.50 – $20.42
  • Robert Williams at City Lights Books

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination published by Fantagraphics Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination is a comprehensive, career-spanning collection of the iconic painter's...

    Free
  • Kathy Valentine: All I Ever Wanted

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kathy Valentine, bassist for The Go-Go's, discusses her new memoir All I Ever Wanted. About All I Ever Wanted Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine’s story is a...

    Free
  • Melville House @ City Lights

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Melville House Publishers is celebrated by City Lights! Three authors with recently released books join us for an evening of spirited discussion Malcolm Harris in conversation...

    Free
  • Namwali Serpell & Carmen Maria Machado

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    TICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Social Studies Namwali Serpell is a Zambian writer who teaches at the University of California,...

    $29
  • Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Twitterpated’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Thursday, April 9th, 2020 at the Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA Remember: Bang-O at 7:00 PM, Stories at 8:00 PM Want a sample...

    $25
  • Joanne McNeil: Lurking: How a Person Became a User

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Joanne McNeil discusses her new book Lurking: How A Person Became a User with Jenny Odell. Praise for Lurking “The internet isn’t ‘out there’ somewhere; it’s coextensive...

    Free
  • Writers with Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Juliana delgado Lopera (Fiebre Tropical) Cyrus Grace Dunham (A Year Without a Name) Julia Serano (Whipping Girl, 99 Erics: A Kat Cataclysm Faux Novel) Tara...

    Free
  • Lisa Brown: Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in 3 Panels

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Lisa Brown discusses her new book, Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in 3 Panels. About Long Story Short Does Proust get you down? Do you find The Unbearable...

    Free
  • Bonnie Tsui: Why We Swim

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Bonnie Tsui discusses her new book, Why We Swim, with Caroline Paul. Praise for Why We Swim  “A beautifully written love letter to water and a...

    Free
  • Wendy Liu

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    discussing the subject of her new book Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism from Repeater Books Former insider turned critic Wendy Liu...

    Free
  • Kaouther Adimi: Our Riches

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Algerian author Kaouther Adimi discusses his new novel Our Riches. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Praise for Our Riches "An understated, lyrical story...

    Free
  • Readings by Aaron Shurin and Gillian Conoley

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with beloved Bay Area writers Aaron Shurin (The Blue Absolute) and Gillian Conoley (A Little More Red Sun on the Human: New and...

    Free
  • Tess Taylor with Ilya Kaminsky

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    celebrating the release of Tess Taylor's Rift Zone:poems published by Red Hen Press and Last West published by Museum of Modern Art Books about Rift Zone...

    Free
  • Emily St. John Mandel: The Glass Hotel

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Emily St. John Mandel discusses her new novel, The Glass Hotel. Praise for The Glass Hotel "Long-anticipated... At its heart, this is a ghost story in...

    Free
  • Homewreck: A Shipwreck Fundraiser

    Get ready, matchmakers: we're going back to Austenland for a night of charming romantic misunderstandings and youthful hubris. Join us to wreck EMMA from the...

    $5 – $25
  • Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral

    Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco 1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join Litquake for our annual National Poetry Month celebration, at Grace Cathedral atop the city's Nob Hill, for readings from some of America's best poets:...

    Free